** [[MSI DIGIVOX mini Deluxe]] Though according to [http://wiki.ubuntuusers.de/MSI_DigiVox_mini_II the geman ubuntu users wiki] it has the same chips as the RTL2832 version and should work with the same driver. ([http://de.msi.com/index.php?func=proddesc&prod_no=10046&maincat_no=132&cat2_no=&cat3_no= Vendor site, German])

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* In Germany this device might also be named '''MSI K-Vox'''.

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* This device might not be available worldwide.

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'''Note:''' Be careful there are '''three different devices''' which the vendor sells '''under the same name''' ('MSI DigiVox mini II V3.0') see: [[http://vdr-portal.de/board/thread.php?threadid=93252&threadview=0&hilight=&hilightuser=0&page=1 vdr-portal.de]] and [[http://forum.ubuntuusers.de/topic/dvb-t-stick-msi-digivox-mini-ii-v3-0-zum-lauf/4/ forum.ubuntuusers.de]] (both german forums).

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'''Note:''' Be careful there are '''at least two, maybe three different devices''' which the vendor sells '''under the same name''' ('MSI DigiVox mini II V3.0') see: [[http://vdr-portal.de/board/thread.php?threadid=93252&threadview=0&hilight=&hilightuser=0&page=1 vdr-portal.de]] and [[http://forum.ubuntuusers.de/topic/dvb-t-stick-msi-digivox-mini-ii-v3-0-zum-lauf/4/ forum.ubuntuusers.de]] (both german forums).

Note: Be careful there are at least two, maybe three different devices which the vendor sells under the same name ('MSI DigiVox mini II V3.0') see: [vdr-portal.de] and [forum.ubuntuusers.de] (both german forums).

Install

RTL2832 version

This is the newest in the list of MSI's sins against computer users. They changed the device completely without bothering to change the name on the box.
Why the (*censored*) (*censored*) (*censored*) hell don't they at least increment the version number.

It is "V3.0". Why not call the new ones "V3.1" or "3.0a,b,c" or "3.0.1"?

Anyway. There now seems to be some support for the RTL2832 version. At least thats what the german ubuntu forum claims here.
Anybody who owns such a device is welcome to replace my rant with more solid information. :-)

Is it true that the RTL 2832 Version has USB ID 1d19:1101 ? That would at least help to distinguish which of those devices you got. Here's what I scraped from the forum:

AF9016 version

On most modern distributions it will probably work out of the box. You may have to download the firmware but that also depends on your distribution.
Just plug it in and see what dmesg on a console says.

On Ubuntu or Debian Lenny

On Ubuntu 10.04 (and most probably next versions), just go to System=>Administration=>Hardware drivers.

It should offer you an option " to download and install the firmware for DVB-T hardware. Activate it, and your tuner will be automatically recognized.

Using a script by Daniel Holm, it is very easy to install the driver on older ubuntu versions.

Remote Control Setup

MSI DigiVOX mini II rev.3 with remote

If you want to use the IR remote control, you should tell the driver that you have a MSI DigiVox mini II V3.0. The driver can unfortunately not figure that out automatically since many devices have the very same 'lsusb -v'-fingerprint.

For this, you will need to pass the option 'remote=2' to the dvb_usb_af9015 module. Manually, this is done by the command (as root):

rmmod dvb_usb_af9015
modprobe dvb_usb_af9015 remote=2

To permanently store the option, you will need to edit modprobe's configuration files. If your linux distribution uses a directory /etc/modprobe.d/, you can set the configuration as follows:

On other distributions, you may need to add that line to /etc/modprobe.conf.

Furthermore, the device MSI DigiVox mini II V3.0 seems to have a hardware bug that causes keystrokes on the remote control to be repeated indefinitely. To circumvent this problem, you need to prevent your machine from recognizing the usb-stick as a keyboard.